Dhvanyalokalocana 65
English (machine translation) 65
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65.2
The verbal composition, adhering everywhere to the propriety
declared for producing aesthetic relish, shines;
yet, with respect to the subject matter, it admits of some differentiation. //
65.3
Or rather, just as in verse, in prose composition too the verbal composition everywhere adheres to the propriety declared for producing aesthetic relish. But with respect to the subject matter, it admits of some differentiation, though not in every form. For in prose composition as well, an excessively long-compounded verbal composition does not look well in love-in-separation or the compassionate sentiment, even in a biographical tale. In drama and the like, too, in describing the furious or the heroic sentiment, it is never exclusively uncompounded. But propriety with respect to the subject matter is lessened and enhanced in measure. For in a biographical tale, it should not be entirely uncompounded, and even in its own domain in drama and the like, it should not be excessively long-compounded; such is the guideline of verbal composition to be followed. ||
65.4
Now, suggestion of imperceptible process whose nature is that of an extensive composition, shining forth in the Rāmāyaṇa, the Mahābhārata, and the like, is well known. How it is manifested is now set forth: